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40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We Outsourced to a Foreign-Born Billionaire Who’s Way More Interested in Our Job Than We Are

He’s really bad at it, but idiots think he’s great. And at the end of the day, that’s all that matters

40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We Outsourced to a Foreign-Born Billionaire Who’s Way More Interested in Our Job Than We Are

December 28, 2024

An actual dude named Gunther married a woman named Rachel, had a son named Joey, named his cat Smelly Cat and runs a coffee shop called Central Perk. Are you seeing the issue with this?

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Green Lantern

HARLEY QUINN HARLEY QUINN IS A GREEN LANTERN (SORT OF). In Harley's Little Black Book #2, Harley takes a Green Lantern ring off of Hal Jordan and uses it to defeat some aliens with a giant mallet made of green energy. CRACKED.COM — Source: Screen Rant

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The Crypto Doctrine

A video game lets you steal art for real (or at least NFTs). The Crypto Doctrine is as close as a game can get to art theft, in that you can steal actual NFTs, for real. It's only fitting that the NFTs were made without the consent of the original artists. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Oprah

Ellen DeGeneres' gift to Oprah Winfrey for her 60th birthday was a huge portrait of her, made entirely of sequins. CRACKEDcO

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Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Celebrity-Owned Booze and Weed EG EDINDONGH I GIN I love Jou poor EDINBURGH GIN by Phoebe Waller-Bridge The writer and comedian designed a limited edition of gin released by Edinburgh, that's just as dry and witty as she is. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Beyonce

CRACKED.COM 2003 Crazy In the last Love by widow of a Beyoncé Civil War featuring veteran dies Jay-Z is on the top of the charts — Source: 13 Historical Comparisons That Have Us Convinced Time Is An Illusion

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Tim Horton’s

If you like Buffalo wings, you'll love Tim Hortons' Buffalo Latte (or maybe not). BUFFALO LATTE Tim Horto Est. The AL two select Buffair, NY restaurants - Who supples TALE adidas . adidas MINE Depen = INDA3 Main WWC Adidas 200m This refreshing beverage is infused with Buffalo sauce flavor and seasoning. It is only available in select Tim Hortons Restaurants in Buffalo, New York. CRACKED COM — Source

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Klingon

d'Armond Speers wanted to know how children understand languages, SO he taught his son STAR TREK LANGUAGE KLINGON for the first three years of his life. The experiment failed when his son refused to speak in Klingon years later. d'Armond Speers CRACKED.COM — 23 Disturbing, Real Experiments Done On Children

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Nestle

NESTLE SENT NURSES TO HELP POOR MOTHERS. Nestle ITA NOT DELIVERY IT'S DIGIORNO. SOUNDS NICE? NOPE. Nurses stayed just long enough for the mother's milk to dry up. Afterward, she needed to buy Nestle formula for the baby. But she likely couldn't afford enough, or had to mix it with unclean water. Child mortality measurably rose. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Dragon Ball vs. the MCU

CRACKED VS FIGHTER PROFILES DRAGON BALL THE MCU First release: First release: 1984 2008 Based off a Based off Japanese Manga American comic books $24 Billion in $29 Billion in sales sales CRACKED.COM

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Geena Davis

Geena Davis used to be a live mannequin. One day while working at a clothing store, Davis decided to pose as a mannequin in the store's window display. Since she managed to attract a crowd, and was really good at staying still, the store hired her to work as a live mannequin over the weekends. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Starbucks

There's a Starbucks in the CIA Headquarters. For the safety of the officers, baristas don't use or write down customers' names. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Last Jedi

The Last Jedi is one of the better Star Wars movies. crath But the pacing is uneven. It was a little jarring to go from a pitched battle to a chase, w

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Obi-Wan Kenobi

And these blast points; too accurate for Sand People. Only Imperial Stormtroopers are sO precise. -Obi-Wan Kenobi STAR WARS Have you seen Stormtroop

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Moon Knight

Moon Knight can control Mjolnir. While on the moon. Because Mjolnir is made of moon rock. Comics! CRACKED.COM — Source: Bleeding Cool

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Batman: Arkham Asylum

A developer on Batman: Arkham Asylum spent two years on nothing but the titular character's cape. YOU ARE UNDER CLOSE SURVITILANCE - They had to create 700 different animations and sound effects for the cape. CRACKED.COM — Source

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A Nightmare on Elm Street

(1984) A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) Freddy's a stupid Freddy's an iconic looking child murderer child murderer who who's creepy but lacks stalks and manipulates wit, and who'd rather his victims, playing creative mind games hack and slash than with them before play cat and mouse with his victims. he kills them. This movie gave us nightmares. This movie is a nightmare. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Mulan 2

MULAN 2 CRACKED.COM Having gained the respect of her family and country, the story of Mulan had a perfect ending. Proving Mulan didn't need a sequel, it focused mainly on her romance with Li Shang, perpetuating the old Disney trope that it really is all about getting the guy. — Source: Buzzfeed

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Friends

NAME: Du Xin FAN OF: Friends N 11 LASY aast RESULT: Turning his life into an episode of Friends. Gunther (his legal name) runs a coffee shop called Ce — Source: Uproxx

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The Shawshank Redemption

In Taiwan, The Shawshank Redemption was called 1995: Fantastic. 1995 Presumably, that was a way of telling people that this was one of the best movies — Source: 9 Famous Movies That Have Cooler Titles in Foreign Countries

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Ida Wood

CRACKED IDA WOOD: FROM SOUTHERN BELLE TO RECLUSE. In 1907, socialite Ida Wood sold off her valuable items and took out almost a million dollars from her bank. She then vanished and moved into a hotel, where she stayed for 24 years until her sister passed away in 1931. — Source

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Ozzy Osbourne

IF YOU REVERSE THE FIRST FEW SECONDS OF OZZY OSBOURNE'S SONG 'BLOODBATH IN PARADISE' LOCAL CAUGHT Traditional SEA HAZE Fishmenges SHELLFISH FISH SPECIALITIES H Coca-Cola SEA HAZE SEA HAZE Selection of Welcome to Locally Kingston upon Hull COCKLES Caught WHELKS MUSSELS FRESH FF PEANNS JELLIEN EALE The Pioneering City SHE 09123777002 EDWARDS EXCELLENCE TWINNED WITH YOUR DARKEST THOUGHT YOU WILL HEAR THE WORDS YOUR MOTHER SELLS WHELKS IN HULL. GRACKED COM — 20 Spirited Easter Eggs Hiding On Famous Albums

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Jackie Chan

CRACKED.COM Jackie Chan Не has been in over 150 movies. Skip Rush Hour and just start with the classics: 1978's Snake in the Eagle's Shadow and Drunken Master, 1983's Project А, 1988's Dragons Forever, 1989's Miracles, 1993's Crime Story, 1994's Drunken Master 2, and the first three Police Story movies. — Source: Wikipedia

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King Kong

Classic Hollywood Movies Original VS. Remake 1933 King Kong The original changed movies forever, and spawned a string of awful sequels and knock-offs-which include the '70s remake. The one by Peter Jackson is much better. (And our boy got to fight Godzilla in fully realistic CGI glory in 2021! Good for him!) 1976 2005 CRACKED.COM

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The Mask

The Mask STANLEY IPKISS The movie and the subsequent cartoon are all about Stanley- but in the Dark Horse comics, he's only the first of many wearers of the mask, and dies pretty soon. — Sources: International Superheroes, The Mask Wiki

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Shailene Woodley

Vitamin D helps yeast infections, SO spread your legs and get some sunshine. -Shailene Woodley (There's no link between Vitamin D and vaginosis, and spread-eagleing to the sun will expose you to sunburn and melanoma. There's a reason for pubic hair.) CRACKED.COM — Source

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Dunkin’ Donuts

Kid noses run on DUNKIN' DUNKIN' DONUTS DONUTS DUNKIN' DUNKIN' DONUTS MILK CRACKED.COM There's nothing that crazy about plastic versions of your favorite foods. It's the built-in donut smell that makes these beauties special, guaranteed to make your dog chew them to bits. — eBay

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Action Movie Tropes

Tired action tropes that still work Rallying cry A rallying cry can be more compelling than its longer cousin, the pre-final battle speech. Speeches are dated and too obvious in their attempt to pull at heartstrings. Remember Bill Pullman in Independence Day? Yeah. But rallying cries? We're happy Cap didn't ramble on, and just told his fellow Avengers to assemble. CRACKED.COM

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Mr. Smith

Mr. Smith NBC, 1983 An escaped orangutan drinks a serum at a government facility and becomes a hot shot political mastermind. CRACKED.COM

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Wet Hot American Summer

Judah Friedlander CRACKED.co Before Judah Friedlander and a walk-in closet's worth of novelty trucker hats were an iconic part of 30 Rock's on-screen writer's room, he played Ron.

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Monty Python

Spam Mail is Named After A Sketch This is the definition of a fun fact. Spam emails are actually named af- ter the Spam waitress sketch from Flying Circus. Basically, the sketch revolves around a wife not liking Spam but there's Spam in all the food from the diner. What better word to represent daily emails from Guitar Center because I bought a pick 3 years ago. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — BusinessInsider

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Let the Right One In

Horror movies on streaming hulu Let the Right One In The kids weren't allowed to read the script, but their parents were, and had to approve everything before scenes were shot. CRACKED.COM — Sandrew Metronome
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9

Wizard of Oz

There are four known pairs of Dorothy's red slippers, worth up to $3 million Leonardo DiCaprio helped the Academy Museum purchase the most expensive pair of Wizard of Oz artifact. CRACKED.COM — Source: The Hollywood Reporter

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Forrest Gump

CRACKED.COM Forrest Gump The production didn't have so many helicopters. For the Vietnam scenes, the same two choppers were shot from different angles, and then composited together to make it look like a whole fleet. — Fame Focus/YouTube

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Romcom Tropes

Friends Only You Prem CRACKED.COM Don't worry, if someone loves you just book a flight and they'll chase you to the airport to stop you from leaving them... ...right? She's Outta My League Love Actually — Source

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Star Trek

Star Trek UI: The Undiscovered Country is hailed by many fans ag the best Star Trek mouie. Fans who probably try hard to forget the fake-looking pink

5

Cabin in the Woods

COMEDY DG NERD CRACKED.COM Cabin In The Woods R Cabin In The Woods is a comedy horror movie for comedy fans who truly love horror. The same way a roast is always funnier between two people who truly know each other in and out, Cabin In The Woods is such a deadly accurate send-up of the horror genre that it could put a smile on Michael Myers.

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Movie Hitmen

MYTH: Being a hitman requires a special skill set. FACT: Fancy hitmen don't exist in the real world. A U.K. study of hitmen showed that the stereotype of the suit-wearing, surgical, master assassin is far from the truth. Most hitmen are average Joes (aside from the killing people thing). They're usually first-time, local individuals who are so hard up for money they can't even leave the area after the kill. Incidentally, they also get caught a lot. CRACKED.COM http://manbcmedia.msn.com//MSNBC/Sections/NEWS/HOJOTheBritishHitmanIR2.pdf — 23 Widely-Circulated 'Facts' About The Law That Are Myths

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Manchester United

CRACKED A HALF-RED, HALF-BLUE SANTA SUIT A store close to Manchester City's Etihad Stadium has come up with a special Santa suit that has both Manchester United and City colors on it. This is to make sure that fans of both teams can be happy during the Christmas period. — Manchester Evening News

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Terminator 2: Judgment Day

40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We Outsourced to a Foreign-Born Billionaire Who’s Way More Interested in Our Job Than We Are

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Mission: Impossible

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